01-21-2014, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by actionjackson
I agree, it used to happen a lot more. Willie Hernandez, Dennis Eckersley, Eric Gagne, Mark Davis, Steve Bedrosian, and Rollie Fingers are some examples from the 1980's to now, but it appears the writers have finally started to get that there's more value in 200+ solid innings than there is in 70+ or so. Some of those guys had more (some much more) than 70 innings, but the point remains starters who are in the running for the CYA will almost invariably have more value to their teams than relievers who are in the running for the CYA.
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and this only really applied to so-called Closers. i don't think other relievers ever got much recognition.
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